OBITUARY

NAME: Juanita Benefield, age 84, a Denison, TX resident, formerly an Atoka County resident.

BORN: She was born on Monday, November 30, 1931, to Albert and Ida (Frair) Holland, at Center Hill in Atoka County, OK.

PASSED AWAY: Juanita passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at Denison, TX.

AGE: 84 years, 11 months and 24 days.

EDUCATION: She attended Kenefic High School .

OCCUPATION: Juanita was a homemaker

MARRIED: She married Jack Ridgway on November 1949 in Sherman, TX until his passing in December of 1972. Juanita then married Robert "Booner" Benefield on June 13, 1978 in Durant, OK. He preceded her in death on March 11, 2013.

CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: Juanita was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Bryan County. She enjoyed fishing, sewing, gardening, and reading.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: Eva Herrerias of Santa Rosa, CA

Paula Ljungkull of Denison, TX

Debbie Hosford and husband Mike of Denison, TX

Patty Caywood and husband John of Tulsa, OK

Norma Hudelson and husband Ed of Pryer, OK

Don Benefield and wife Glenda of Ada, OK

Nelda Fine and husband Frank of Coweta, OK

SISTER: Faye Lyttal of Ft. Gibson, OK

SPECIAL NIECE: Lutreca Bates of Durant, OK

GRANDCHILDREN: Jerri Wood and husband John, Jimmy Weatherford and wife Angie, Bobby Weatherford and wife Anna, Kacy Manning and husband Greg, Ryan Benefield, Laura Ritchie and husband Shane, Leslie Benefield, Kara Fleege and husband Jon, Stacy Simmons, Aaron Hosford and wife Susan, Austin Hosford, Blake Hosford, Casey Austin Montray and wife Cassandra, Brandi Bundy and husband Darin, Eva Francis & husband Billy, Raymond Herrerias of California, Christopher Ljungkull of California, Lindsay Clark of California.

along with numerous great grandchildren , and step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: Albert and Ida Holland

HUSBANDS: Jack Ridgway, Robert "Booner" Benefield

BROTHERS: Melvin Holland, Emmett Holland, Tom Holland, Jim Holland, Robert Holland

SISTERS: Odessa Harris, Ida Basden, Ruby Coleman

SON: Max Benefield

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DATE OF SERVICES: 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

PLACE OF SERVICES: Brown's Funeral Chapel, Atoka, Oklahoma

OFFICIATING: Rev Randy Tadlock

INTERMENT: Center Hill Cemetery, Kenefic, Oklahoma

CASKETBEARERS: Casey Montray, Aaron Hosford, Austin Hosford, Blake Hosford, Paul Ridgway, Jerry Coleman

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: Everett Harris

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